Prologによる性格診断

Abstract

In the present paper, an AI (Artificial Intelligence) approach to knowing one's personality is discussed. PROLOG, which is a typical AI oriented computer language, is used to implement a personality test on a computer as a kind of expert system. Y-G (Yatabe-Guilford) personality test is chosed a subject to be implemented, since it is one of the most popular peronality tests in Japan. Through the implementing jop, following problems were awared. They were about (1) the presentation order of the questions, (2) detecting false responses by a subject, and (3) composing reasonable diagnostic messages. The program list, shown in the appendix, is a part of the program of the core system of the AI computer based personality test system. To complete the total system, heuristic diagnosis module should be additionally developed.